Saturday, April 3, 2010

What 52 Years of Marriage can do for you!

Carol and I have been married for over 52 years and we share everything. We have not kept secrets from each other except that Carol kept a shoe box in the top of the hall closet and I was forbidden to look in it and was denied the knowledge of the contents.
For all of these 52 years I've never inquired about the shoe box and lost interest in the whole thing.
When Carol got very sick several months ago, and the doctor said she may not see another day, I was allowed to get the shoe box and brought it to her bedside. She agreed that it was time to discuss the contents and she opened it for me.
Inside we found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000!
She said, "When we were to be married, my mother told me the secret of a happy marriage." "She said, never argue and if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll!"
Well, I was very touched by this story, and loved her even more. There were only two crocheted dolls in the box for all these 52 years, but I asked her what was the $95,000 for and how did she acquire it!
Well, she laid back on the pillow and said with a cute smile, "the money is what I made from selling all the other dolls! (I hope everyone is aware that this blog is entirely for humor and is not true!... My editor says I should remove it! What do you think?)

Now that's real love!